Side Hustles in Fashion to Build Your Career

8 Side Hustles in Fashion to Build Your Career and Earn More Money

Many of us have felt the pressure of the recent economic downturn and our pay cheques just aren’t stretching the way they once were. Despite rising costs of living, the average income has not increased at the same rate. With that being said, know that you have the ability outside of your nine-to-five job to […]

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Internships at Condé Nast

Are you passionate about media, fashion, and innovation? Condé Nast, the renowned global media company, has just unveiled its newest batch of coveted internships. Condé Nast is seeking rising college seniors who are currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree to join an exciting 10-week summer internship experience starting June 10th, 2024. As an early career professional, […]

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How to Transition From Retail to a Fashion Buying Career - Style Nine to Five

How to Transition From Retail to a Fashion Buying Career

If you have big dreams of working in the fashion industry, retail is one of the best places you can start. It gets you in on the ground floor, quite literally, of fashion. You will have the opportunity to make connections and learn so much about the industry while making money. Today we’re going to […]

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4 Common Resume Mistakes and How to Fix Them - Style Nine to Five

4 Common Resume Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Haven’t heard back from any job you’ve applied to? It’s not your skills or experience, but your resume could be to blame. Don’t beat yourself up about it—perfecting the art of resume writing takes time and practice. There are a few critical mistakes you could be making. Here are four of them and how you […]

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Your Guide to Changing Industries - Style Nine to Five

Your Guide to Changing Industries

Our societal and educational model has us deciding what we want to do for the rest of our life at such a young age. We pick a University major as young as our teen years and spend years honing the specific skills for that industry or occupation. The fact is though that people change— our […]

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How to Find a Fashion Magazine Internship - Style Nine to Five -monticellllo - stock.adobe.com

Finding a Fashion Magazine Internship

Your dream is to become the next big fashion writer but you’re not sure how to get there. Landing an internship at a fashion magazine is the one surefire way to get your foot in the fashion journalism door. Many Canadian fashion magazines aren’t looking for interns anymore (except FASHION, see below under ‘hot tips’), […]

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4 Steps to Find a Sustainable Fashion Job - Style Nine to Five

4 Steps to Find a Sustainable Fashion Job

If sustainability is important to you and you won’t settle for just any job in the fashion industry, here’s a quick guide on how to find the job you’re looking for. Plenty of sustainable fashion brands are out there and hiring, you just need to know where to look! 1. Career Pages of Sustainable Brands  […]

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How and Why to Manage Up - Style Nine to Five

How and Why to Manage Up

Regardless of how talented you are and how hard you work, if you don’t have a good working relationship with your boss, having success within your role and your organization is going to be an uphill battle and one you are likely to lose if you can’t make that relationship work. This is an unfortunate […]

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Passed Up for a Promotion: How to Bounce Back - Style Nine to Five

Passed Up for a Promotion: How to Bounce Back

It’s one of the worst feelings: you’ve nailed the interview, you’ve been working at a company for a long time, they want to promote you, and you know you’ve done great work since onboarding. Then, you hear back, and they’ve gone with another candidate for the promotion. Back to work you go, still in the […]

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How to Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills - Style Nine to Five

How to Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills

Your ability to negotiate is one of the most important tools in your career toolkit. Being able to negotiate with an employer can make a huge difference in your take home pay, happiness in your role and your overall quality of life. And yet, negotiation is something that is often overlooked. It is not a […]

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